Recording machine



Patented Mar. 20, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH LE ROY BANKS, F BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOB TO THE BOLIONIOA MUSIC 00., 0! BALTIMOB-E, MARYLAND.

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Application filediluly 22,1924, Serial No. 727,467. Renewed November 15, 1927..

Q My invention relates to recordingma- 7 chines such as are used for making perforated sheet rolls for notes controlling means for musical instruments or their master sheets for duplication ofthe former; for type setting machmes, type castin machines, etc., through the perforation of ichair 18 either forced or drawn to either operate or control the operation of the tones of musical instruments,etc..; or through which the operation or control ofithe o eration of type setting, or type casting mac lines, etc, is effected; or the control or the operation of other perforating orpunching, marking, or printing machines is eflected.

The objects are first, to provide a new article of manufacture;

2nd. To provide a new machine for perforating, punching, marking, or printing materials;

3rd. To provide a machine for perforating, punching, marking, or printing materials, operated by electric means.

4th. To provide a machine for perforating, punching, marking, or printing, operated by pneumatic and electric means.

5th. To provide a "machine for perforating, punching,marking, or printing by playingfup'on the wind instrument. 7

6th. To providela machine for perforating, punching, marking, or printing, by playin upon a wind musical instrument and utilizing the same air or wind which operates the musical tones to operate the machine.

7th. To] provide an electrically operated machine for perforating, punching,'marking, or printing.

8th. To provide a pneumatically operated machine for or printing.

To these ends, I provide musical instruments or otherwind' instruments as they may be termed, with nipples and pneumatic flexible tubes leading from the tones roducing devices, or from the passageways eading to the tones, or from the same,'producing devices, to devicesfoperable. byv pneumatic perforating, punching, marking,

means, carrying means for perforating marking, or printi materials while the materials I are moved un er and past the perforating, marking, punching, or printing devicesat the proper rate of speed.

My machine also provides means operable by pneumatic means controlled by pneumatic tubes leading from wind instruments, whereby perforating, punching, marking, or printin devices are operated instead of musical instruments, I may use a device without tones producing means and having the passageways or tubes marked 90 with numerals, or letters, or characters.

It is obvious that a pencil or other marking device may be substituted in place of the punch; and likewise a stencil printing device or other printing device may be substituted 66 for the punch without changingthe machine except to close up the holes in the die.

It is obvious also that a carbon sheet may be placed on top of the materials to be marked or printed and moved with the said materials in the machine.

Referring to the drawings- Fig. 1 is a sectional side elevation of my machine.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of my electrical tappet lever or key showing the reversal of the contact points for closing the electrical circuit.

Fig. 3 is a View looking from the bottom of my machine.

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1 is the leg of the-bed 2 through which the wires 6 and 7 attached to the electrodes 2 and 3 pass in their respective holes 4 and 5 to the helix 52 of the electric magnet with its core 53 and respectively to the binding nuts 9 and 10.

The wire 7 secured by the binding nuts 9 and 10 is in contact with the terminal bracket 8 carrying the contact 17, and the bracket 8 is supported upon the insulating post 11 by the nuts 9 and 9.

Below this bracket 8 is another adjustable bracket 15 carrying the rest 14 and is secured Elli Wm. wt)

to the insulating post 11 by the nuts 15 and 15", and the insulating post 11 is secured to the bed 2" by the nuts 12 and 13.

Between the two brackets 8 and 15 is the electric lever 18 resting upon the insulating diaphrani 20 of rubber or other flexible material, and carrying the contact point 16 at one end, and the other end 28 is hinged by the pin 81 the support 31 held by the bolt 32 passing through the insulating bushing 33 and the insulating washer 34 and insulating washe; and threaded into the nut 35.

This die hragm 20 is secured bv a ring or tube 5 on the inside of the diaphragm 20 pressing it against the receptacle 21 held onto the bed by the screws 24: and 22 passing through the flange 23 ot. the receptacle.

195 s the chamber of the diaphragm 20 which leads out of the nipple 26 through the outlet 29, and to the nipple 26 is secured the flenible tubing 27 connected at its other end 69 over the nipple 63 secured to the wind musical instrument 61 by the reed block 67 66 is the wind chest of the musical instrunient 61.

contact points or circuit makers to operate other electromagnets and punches.

The elcctroinagnet 53 is secured to the bed 2 by the bolt 55 is the standard secured to the bed 2 and in which is pivoted the tappet lever armature 5-1 by the pin This tappet lever armature is normally held away from the electro magnet 53 by the spring 55 secured to the standard 55 by the bolt 5?, and the punch 51 slidably mounted in the standard 50 secured onto the bed 2 by the bolt 47.

This punch 51 is provided with a pin 49 resting upon spring 18 secured to the stand ard 50 by the bolt 18 and by which spring the punch 51 is held in a normal position for operating it.

Below the bed 2 are suitably secured the feed rollers t0 and 36, and 11 and 37 between which pairs the paper 100 or other material to be punched passes from one reel 42 to the other reel 39.

The reel 12 supported by the hanger 85 secured. by the bolt 59 to the leg 58 of the bed 2, and is rotated by the spindle 43 secured to the crank The reel 39 is revolved by the spindle 39', in the hanger 38, attached to the crank 60.

The die plate 46 is secured by the bolt 16 to the bed 2 and is so arranged that the material 100 passes between the die plate 46 and the bed 2 and between the feed rollers 36 and 40, and 11 and 37.

80 is a bracket for supporting the bearings for the feed rollers and 38 is the hanger for the reel 39 in which the spindle 39' is inserted, and both the bracket 80 and the hanger 38 are secured to the bed 2 by'the bolts 78 and 82.

t 45 is the hole in the die 46 through which the perforations are made by the punch 51.

141 is the crank secured to the spindle 43 by which the reel 42 is turned.

22 is the head of the bolt 30..

81 is a bracket attached to the hanger 80 which is secured by the bolts 78 and 82 to the bed2'.

8 1 is a bolt for securing the opposite hanger 83 to the leg 58 of the'bed 2'.

In operating the perforating or punching machine by the wind instrument, the wind instrument is played upon by suitable means and the air operating the tones will also expand the diaphragm 20 by increasing the pressure under the diaphragm 20 in the chamber 19 thereby raising the diaphragm and the lever 18 resting upon it and closing the contact points 16 and 17 makes the circuit to the electromagnet 52-53, and effecting the operation of the armature lever 54 which drives the punch 51 through the paper material 100.

In Figure 2 the lever 18 is arranged with the contact 16 on thereverse-side and the contact bracket 8 is reversed and arranged below the lever contact point '16, so that when air is drawn from under the diaphragm 2O decreasing the pressure. under it, the diaphragm 20 will fall suificiently to permit the lever 18 to drop and make contact with the contact points 16 and 17 thereby closing the circuit from the battery 3 to the electromagnet 5253;, this latter arrangement is used when the tones are produced by suction to also operate the punches 51. V t V I do not care to limit myself to anyparticular design or construction except as defined by my claims.

Instead of punching the sheet materials, I may simply mark the paper or other material by substituting a marking device for the punch 51. Or I may substitute a printing device for the punch 51. It is obvious that if a substitution of a printing or other marking device for the punch is made, the holes in the die plate will be closed.

What I claim is- 1. A recording machine comprising an air chamber and a diaphragm secured over said chamber, said chamber being provided with an inlet with means for attaching a tube to said inlet, electrical contacts provided with IOU Ill]

means for supportin them over said diaphragm, means for'operating said diaphragm to manipulate 'said electrical contacts, said contacts "controlling "electrical circuit "to an electro-magnet, recording means operable by said electro-magnet, and means for receivingthe record.

2. A recording machine comprising a plurality of air chambers provided with diaphragms and inlets to each chamber with means for varying the pressure in each chamber to operate said diaphragms, electrical contacts with means for supporting them over their respective diaphragms, electric circuits secured to said contacts and to the helices of electro-magnets respectively, said electro-magnets provided with means for operating recording devices, recording devices operable by said electro-magnets respectively, and means for receiving the record.

3. A recording machine comprising a plurality of air'chambers provided with diaphragms and inlets to each chamber, one series of diaphragms operable by increasing the air pressure in said chambers, and another series of diaphragms operable by diminishing the air pressure in their respective chambers, electrical contacts provided with means for supporting them over said diaphragms respectively, electric circuits secured to said contacts respectively and to electro-magnets respectively, said electromagnets provided with means for operating recording devices, recording devices operable by said electro-magnets respectively, means for receiving the record and means for moving the record.

4. In a recording machine, a musical instrument provided with means for conveying air currents to produce the musical sounds and also provided with means for branching the air currents to operate means for operat ing recording means.

5. A recording machine set forth in claim 2 and provided with means for rolling up the record.

6. A recording machine comprising a musical instrument provided with a plurality of air-current controls, each of said air-current controls provided with an outlet, a plurality of air chambers, means secured to said outlets and to said chambers respectively for connecting said controls to said chambers respectively, said chambers pro vided with means for securing said connecting means and also provided with diaphragms for operating electrical circuits, electrical circuits operable by said diaphragms respectively, and recording devices operable by said electrical circuits respectively.

7 A recording machine comprising a harmonica provided with a plurality of aircurrent passageways provided with outlets and a series of sound producing means secured in the usual manner of harmonicas, a pluralityof air chambers and a plurality of means for connecting said outlets to said chambers respectively, said chambers provided with diaphragms for operating electric circuits respectively, electrical circuits operable by said diaphragms respectively for controlling the operation of recording devices respectively, and a plurality of recording devices operable by said electrical circuits respectively.

8. A recording machine comprising a musical instrument provided with a plurality of air-current controls for controlling the sounds of said musical instrument, a pinrality of nipples secured to said controls respectively, passageways through said nipples into said controls, and a pluralit of air chambers each provided With a nlpple respectively, a tube suitably secured to each nipple of said controls and said chambers respectively, each of said chambers provided with diaphragms for operating electrical circuit-s respectively, electrical circuits operable by said diaphragms respectively and a plurality of recording devices operable by said electrical circuits respectively.

9. A recording machine comprising a musical instrument provided with a plurality of air-current controls for controlling the sounds of said musical instrument, a plurality of nipples secured to said controls respectively, passageways into said controls through said nipples, and a plurality of air chambers each provided with a nipple provided with a passageway leading into said chambers respectively, a flexible tube suitably secured to each nipple of said controls and each nipple of said chambers respectively, each of said chambers provided with diaphragms for operating electrical circuits respectively, electrical circuits operable by said diaphragms respectively for controlling the operation of recording devices respectively, and a plurality of recording devices operable by said electrical circuits respectively.

10. A recording machine comprising a musical instrument provided with a plurality of air-current controls for controlling the sounds of said musical instrument respectively, a plurality of nipples secured to said controls respectively, passageways through said nipples into said controls, and a plurality of air chambers each provided with a nipple having a passageway into said chambers respectively, a plurality of tubes detachably secured at opposite ends to said nipples respectively of said controls and said nipples respectively of said chambers, said chambers provided with diaphragms respectively for controlling electrical circuits respectively, electrical circuits operable by said diaphragms respectively, and a plurality of recording devices operable by said electrical circuits respectively. 7

11. A recording device comprising in combination, a musical instrument having pas- 5 sages therein, through Which air is adapted to pass to sound a note, an air chamber connected to said passageway, said chamber having a pressure responsive diaphragm, a contact movable under impulse of said diaphragm, an electric magnet in circuit with 10 said contact, and recording means operated by said magnet.

JOSEPH LE ROY BANKS. 

